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Hekate

(90,202 posts)
6. Rockwell was very attuned to the times & did some notable work during the Civil Rights era
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 01:10 PM
Aug 2020

People mostly remember his painting of the little girl being escorted to school by National Guardsmen. I don’t remember seeing this one before — thanks fo posting it.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,485 posts)
2. I came of age during this time.
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 11:33 AM
Aug 2020

My father was offered a position with Lockheed to head a department in Marietta, Georgia in the Spring of 1964. My Mother put her foot down and said. "Over my dead body are we leaving California and moving to the South."

I remember that conversation and my mother was convinced that moving us to Georgia would not work out well. We had several strikes against us. 1) We were white. 2) Of a more liberal mind set, thus outspoken. 3) Catholic. 4) My other had a deep fear of the KKK. 5) 3 daughters that could be in danger from other white girls of different opinions.

Turns out, she was right. The deaths of 3 Civil Rights workers in Mississippi months later convinced my father that moving to Georgia was not in the best interest of our family and his career.

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)
3. Mississippi Summer---college students trained, went to MS to help blacks register to vote
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 11:59 AM
Aug 2020

Two friends in grad school went

When I heard that 3 workers, 2 white, were missing I was afraid it was my friends

The relief--followed by sorrow!

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)
4. Murders near Philadelphia MS. Reagan's 1st 1980 campaign speech there--clear shout-out to racists!!
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 12:13 PM
Aug 2020

His speech was all about his support of 'states rights', code phrase for ' do what you want to blacks, my fed govt won't bother you'!!

Speech cemented Nixon's 'southern strategy'!!

PlanetBev

(4,098 posts)
5. I was 13 and in Los Angeles
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 12:46 PM
Aug 2020

I remember I was in the backyard with my father, sister and brother. My mother appeared at the back door and told my father that they found the bodies.

I still recoil when I see that old footage of those days and the local ignoramuses that they interviewed.

raccoon

(31,092 posts)
7. Thanks for posting that. I never knew that about the Klan
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 01:13 PM
Aug 2020

Trying to get Schwerner and Chaney in that church.

That song at the end when they had the closing credits, reminded me strongly of “prodigal son” by the Stones. Not sure if the Stones wrote that song though.

Hekate

(90,202 posts)
8. I was 16 and growing up in Hawai'i. I remember it very vividly...
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 01:15 PM
Aug 2020

My husband remembers exactly where he was and what he was doing when he heard the news.

They were so young and so brave. RIP

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